Naum Danilov

Naum Danilov (1923-2015) was a Soviet Red Army soldier during World War II. He became a hero for taking down a dreaded Panzer III tank that had killed 99 Soviet troops and destroyed 1 vehicle.

Biography
Naum Danilov was born in 1923 in Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union to a family of Muslim Tatars, and he joined the Red Army during World War II. In 1945, Danilov fought at the Battle of Berlin as a member of a Red Guards squad, and his squad made it to the Reichstag building, where the Germans were making their last stand. His squad outflanked a powerful and troublesome Panzer III tank that had inflicted heavy losses on Soviet troops in the area; the monstrous German tank had survived around a dozen anti-tank grenades and had killed 99 Soviet troops (plus one vehicle). Danilov was the last of around ten Soviet soldiers to heroically risk their lives to destroy the tank; all but fellow Red Guard Kliment Petrenko had been killed, with around three of them being killed before they could even throw their grenades. Danilov approached the tank from behind and threw the fatal anti-tank grenade at the turret, causing the tank to explode and burst into flames. Tank commander Herbert Anderle and two crew members attempted to flee, only to be massacred by the vengeful Soviet troops. Danilov was given several medals for his role in taking down the bohemoth, and he would live on to the ripe old age of 92 before dying in Kazan in 2015.